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January 7, 2019: Legislative Update

Legislative Update: January 7, 2019

The California Legislature reconvened today for the 2019-2020 legislative session. This is the first year of a two-year session. The Capitol is already buzzing with new faces and bills have already started getting introduced.

During the early introduction period, four tobacco-related bills were submitted. See the full update, including key legislative deadlines and summaries of the bills already introduced HERE.

Don’t forget that the Center provides policy and community organizing trainings for your coalitions! More information is available on our website.

In California, Big Tobacco spends 10 times as much marketing tobacco as the state spends on tobacco prevention, resulting in more than 30,000 kids starting to smoke each year. In response to this ongoing challenge, the American Lung American in California founded the Center for Tobacco Policy & Organizing in 2002 to ensure local advocates across California have the skills, resources and information to be successful in protecting their neighbors and communities from the harmful effects of tobacco use.